Disintegrant, super croscarmellose sodium

Starch was the first disintegrant used in tablet manufacture and is still used, although it has largely been superseded by the so-called super disintegrants, croscarmellose sodium,... 

For many years, starch was the disintegrating agent of choice. Recently, however, so-called super disinte-grants have been introduced, which markedly reduce tablet disintegration time. Such substances include croscarmellose, crospovidone, polacrilin potassium, and sodium starch glycolate. ... 

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